Google Locks Horns With Amazon As Brawl Heats Up

In a recent news, Google announced to block YouTube on Fire TV and Echo Show after Amazon, according to Google, exhibited ‘lack of cooperation’.

The latest brawl sees the subscribers of Amazon Fire TV being deprived of YouTube from new year’s eve while the services have already been blocked on Amazon Echo Show.

Google spokesperson claims that the company is being forced to take such drastic measures due to

Amazon’s recent delisting of Nest’s new products (like Nest Secure and the E Thermostat) and the company’s long-running refusal to sell Chromecast or support Google Cast in any capacity.

The spokesperson for Google said:

We’ve been trying to reach an agreement with Amazon to give consumers access to each other’s products and services — but Amazon doesn’t carry Google products like Chromecast and Google Home, doesn’t make Amazon Prime Video available for Google Cast users, and last month stopped selling some of Nest’s latest products.

Following Google’s blunt claims, Amazon responded:

Google was setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website. We hope to resolve this with Google as soon as possible.

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The tech titans, that had a similar dispute earlier this year, are increasingly bumping heads over their TVs and gadgets.